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Beware the “City View” Room
I have a friend, a photographer, who loves photoshop mistakes. His favorites are more of the airbrushing gone wild variety, but I’m loving the travel equivalent: Oyster.com’s Photo Fakeouts. ” alt=”Via...
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Good Bye, Waxy Lenin!
No, this post isn’t about our #6 favorite travel movie of all time, but about the actual Vladimir Lenin. As you probably know, he’s been on display as a kind of tourist trinket-slash-semi-religious...
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Sharing Bike-Love with Boneshaker
As regular newelty readers know, I am obsessed with Dutch bikes, a result of being obsessed with the Dutch in general. Which is why I was immediately drawn to Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac, which I...
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Great Ideas: Send a New Yorker to Shoot Milan Fashion Week
New York Magazine has a fascinating photo series by Jeff Mermelstein, who normally takes super-earth New Yorky photos like this one: How great is she? I also love this couldn’t-be-more-New-Yorky-shot:...
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Club World Has Ruined Me for Life
I am in love with British Airways. There’s no other way to say it. I’m obsessed (having signed up for a credit card with them to get more miles). I spend time thinking about them, and how to fly them...
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Cycle Chic–But Guess Where?
The word that I think of when I see the photo above is “dapper.” Those bikes look dapper posed against the white stone of the building. (Close newelty readers will also recall when I described this...
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Travel Movies We Love: Pardon, But Is This Balmoral?
This week on newelty, we’re indulging in all things British to celebrate the Wills & Kate-athon. Evidently, a million stories are released every single day about them and the wedding. Yeesh! But it...
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The “Real” Nairobi
I recently started reading and enjoying the blog called “Sociological Images,” which I find to be provocative and insightful. But a recent post by Lisa Wade gave me pause. From the post: Sadie M. sent...
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16 Best iPad Apps for Travel
One of the most popular posts ever on newelty has been our list of top iPhone apps, so it’s no surprise that I received a request for the best iPad apps from a friend. Having made it happily from...
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Fail ‘o the Day: Seat 52F
Via Pleated Jeans Happily, my last few big flights have been business class (which I’ve already enthused about), but who hasn’t been in this seat at least once? See also: the Travel Annoyance-Off.
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